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(Encyclopedia)Goodenough's Island: see Rarotonga. ...Andros Island
(Encyclopedia)Andros Island: see Bahamas.Canton Island
(Encyclopedia)Canton Island: see Kanton.Bear Island
(Encyclopedia)Bear Island, Svalbard: see Bjørnøya. ...Thursday Island
(Encyclopedia)Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands. ...Tinicum Island
(Encyclopedia)Tinicum Island tĭnˈĭkəm [key], area in the Delaware River, SW of Philadelphia, separated from the mainland by creeks and marshes. Site of the first European settlement in Pennsylvania, it was the ...Bedloe's Island
(Encyclopedia)Bedloe's Island: see Liberty, Statue of. ...Wake Island
(Encyclopedia)Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific, between Hawaii and Guam. It is a U.S. military base and scientific research center under the juris...Watling Island
(Encyclopedia)Watling Island or Watlings Island: see San Salvador. ...Bering Island
(Encyclopedia)Bering Island bērˈĭng, bârˈ– [key], Rus. Beringa, largest of the Komandorski Islands, c.55 mi (90 km) long and up to c.15 mi (20 km) wide, off Kamchatka peninsula, E Russian Far East, in the Be...Browse by Subject
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